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August 03, 2013

Suspicious death of a supporter of Ayatollah Kazemeini-Boroujerdi

Translated and edited by: Banafsheh
zand

The
Organization of Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran reports that Mr.
Mohammad Sawmeni, a supporter and relative of Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi passed
away on July 12th, at age 74. He was the father of Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi’s
daughter-in-law. Due to his family relation to Boroujerdi, he had, over the
years, been summoned to the special clerical tribunal for interrogation during
which time, he was repeatedly threatened. He had also been arrested, though
released, by putting his property as bail bond.

According
to one of Mr. Sawmeni’s children, his half-naked, bloodied and battered body
had been found two weeks prior to his death in a busy area of Tehran. After
regaining consciousness in the hospital, he divulged that he had been attacked
from behind and hit on the head. During the two weeks following the incident,
when he went in and out of consciousness he specifically gave certain details.
In his last conversation he was able to explain the following details: “A while
before I was attacked, I had received another call from the special clerical
tribunal and was told that they had agreed to allow Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi
out on a furlough, on the condition that he does not meet with anyone during
that period and he does not contact anyone outside Iran. I was told that since
I was an elder of the family, I should pen a letter guaranteeing that all of
the conditions would be met and that said letter should be addressed directly
to the Supreme Leader, himself. I was then threatened and warned that I must
act on this immediately and provide the letter within maximum, two to three
weeks.”

Mr.
Sawmeni’s offspring added: “During the last few years, the special clerical
tribunal summoned my father repeatedly where he was asked time and time again,
to speak to Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi and impress upon him to cooperate with the
tribunal, to help get himself out of imminent danger. On one of such occasions,
he had even been told that he must go to visit Mr. Kazemeini-Boroujerdi in
prison and use his influence to get him to pen a letter, repenting, asking the
Supreme Leader to pardon him.”

The
Organization of Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran while offering its
condolences to the remaining family members, calls upon the United Nations High
Commission on Human Rights to organize an investigative committee to look into
the vicious and suspicious murder in the prisons (of Iran) and throughout our
country in general. We also ask that charges of crimes against humanity be
brought against Ali Khamenei and every member of his accomplice clerical
faction such as Sadegh Larijani (head of the Islamic judiciary).